Guy Evans & Peter Hammill - The Union Chapel Concert (cd)

The Union Chapel Concert was a one-off event that brought together VDGG's Guy Evans and Peter Hammill plus several notable guests, including David Jackson, Hugh Banton, Manny Elias and Stuart Gordon.

Perhaps the surprise of this evening in 1997 was that not only did it re-unite the mid-1970s VDGG line-up for the first time in two decades, but that the band played the Van Der Graaf classic Lemmings.

Elsewhere, Evans/Hammill duo pieces are performed as are solo pieces by Hammill, Jackson and Gordon.

Peter Hammill - Veracious (with Stuart Gordon) (cd)

One of PH's most highly regarded live outings, Veracious - from 2006 - finds the great man's material, both old and new, stripped to the bone and performed with passion and flair by PH and regular collaborator, the violinist Stuart Gordon.

Peter Hammill - A Black Box (cd)

A Black Box, from 1980, was PH's first independent label venture.

Featuring one side of short pieces - varying from the electro-atmospheric to straight out sonic assaults - the album's centrepiece was the side long opus, Flight. A brilliantly complex piece that both challenges and takes PH's music further while also hinting at the grand experiments of his Van Der Graaf days.

Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance (cd)

Nadir's Big Chance, from 1975, is one of the most influential albums in PH's long and varied career.

Ostensibly the work of Hammill's 'garage band' alter-ego Rikki Nadir, the album consists of 11 short, sharp and focused pieces that move from the fury of the title track to the beauty of Been Alone So Long and the complex emotions of People You Were Going To.

Peter Hammill - Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night (cd)

Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night, from 1973, was PH's first album after the VDGG split.

A combination of understated, acoustic songs and epic pieces that wouldn't have been out of place on a follow up to Pawn Hearts (The End and In The Black Room), Chameleon captures PH at the peak of his early period intensity.

This is the 2006 re-master featuring three bonus tracks, including the standout Rain 4am.

Peter Hammill - Over (cd)

Over, from 1977, is arguably the most personal album in Peter Hammill's catalogue.

Featuring a series of songs detailing the end of relationships (of various kinds), the music alternates between orchestral laments, abrasive Rock blow-outs and acoustic singer-songwriter confessionals.

Peter Hammill - PH7 (cd)

PH7, from 1979, was very much a continuation of its predecessor, The Future Now.

A combination of stark, heartfelt songs - including one dedicated to the memory of ex-VDGG bassist, Keith Ellis - and sonic experiments, the album finds PH ending the 1970s with several prescient pointers to the future.

This is the 2006 re-master featuring two bonus tracks recorded for the John Peel show.

Peter Hammill - Thin Air

Thin Air is Peter Hammill?s twenty-eighth solo album of original songs and follows an eventful few years (a heart attack in December 2003 and a hugely successful Van der Graaf Generator reunion in 2004).

Singularity, his last solo work, was released in 2006 and was acclaimed as Peter's most innovative and important release since his late 70s/early 80s masterpieces, The Future Now and A Black Box.

Peter Hammill - Pno Gtr Vox - Live Performances (double cd)

While continuing to play his part with noisemakers supreme Van der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill has found himself increasingly drawn towards genuine stripped-down solo performance when playing under his own name.

This double CD, taken from concerts in Japan and the UK in 2010 is Peter's first solo live recording since 1999 and shows him at the peak of his powers, pushing and stretching both himself and the material into and out of shape.

One CD is of Piano songs, the other guitar ones, with material being taken from all stages of Peter's illustrious career.

Peter Hammill - Fool's Mate (cd)

Peter Hammill's 1971 debut release Fool's Mate is a peculiar mix of delicate ballads and abrasive miniatures, containing several of his most beautiful songs (Vision, Child, The Birds, Summer Song In The Autumn etc).

Robert Fripp contributes some inventively idiosyncratic guitar and various members of VDGG and Lindisfarne also appear.

Contains 5 bonus tracks and a booklet with sleeve notes by Mark Powell.

Peter Hammill - Loops & Reels

Recorded between 1980 and 1983, primarily for film and dance works, Loops & Reels was the first of Peter Hammill's Sonix series and contained music recorded in a spirit of experimentation, outside the normal world of the song.

The album includes A Ritual Mask, Peter's astonishing contribution to the first, fund-raising, WOMAD record and the 16 minute atmospheric epic, My Pulse.

The Sonix series provides an indispensable guide to the more experimental side of Peter Hammill's work.

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Peter Hammill & Guy Evans - Spur Of The Moment

Dating from 1991, the long out of print Spur Of The Moment comprises a set of improvised pieces from Van Der Graaf alumni Hammill and Evans.

Born out of an interest in exploring the possibilities of MIDI (in the early days of the system), the album provides a fascinating snapshot of music technology history, as well as an opportunity to hear two remarkable musicians at their exploratory best.